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December 5, 2010

Red Sox Unable To Reach Deal On Contract Extension With Gonzalez

UPDATE, 7:55 PM:

DEAL!

Ken Rosenthal says the same thing and adds:

So: do the deal and hope something can get hammered out next season?

I'm very curious what the sticking point was: did Theo wanted to avoid the luxury tax hit, was AG holding firm on a Teixesque 8/180 contract, was Boston resistant to go higher than something like 6/110-120, or what? (Gotta believe Theo knew he'd have to pay at least 20 per, though ...)

It just kills me to see them lose this guy [and others, in the past] over say 30 mil over 6 years; that's 5 mil per year; they are going to throw 5 mil per year away on all sorts of crap and mistakes over the next 6 years [eg Lugo, Renteria, etc etc]. Why the fuck not spend the goddam money on a guy who is as close as can be to a surefire monster?

SoSHer Andrew: "This deal was guaranteed to get done as soon as Nick Cafardo called the Red Sox an 'embarrassing joke' in a blog post. What's that? The post is no longer on Boston.com - Extra Bases? Shocker."